Anonymous
Post 06/10/2022 14:05     Subject: D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

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Anonymous wrote:Are they so out of touch that they think child care is what is stopping people from wanting to return to the office?

And they think these people will want to commute back to the office with their kids on Metro?



I don't think you are the demographic these services are intended for.


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Sit down, office worker.

The vast majority of employed women work in offices.


Not really, though. Biggest types of jobs are teachers and health care.

Over 70% of office workers are women.


Which is different than saying "the vast majority of employed women work in office."

The denominators are different, if you are missing that.

I think it's like half of office workers are women.

And yet, the vast majority of women work in office roles.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/occupations/most-common-occupations-women-labor-force


Pretty sure that's not what that table shows.


Yeah, of those top 10 occupations, "office work" accounts for about a third of the jobs.

Pretty sure that you are not capable of doing math.


God, I hate DCUM.

Ugh, because I'm going to take the bait:
total jobs listed there: about 21M

Office worker jobs in that list:
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive
Managers, all other
Accountants and auditors
Receptionists and information clerks
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
Office clerks, general
Financial managers
First-Line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Those amount to about 7.7M.

7.7/21 = about 36%

This is an odd point to argue and also to lie about.

Several office jobs you missed included: social workers and human resource workers.


Which still wouldn't lead to the "vast majority of women being office workers". Adding those two categories gets you to 39% of the jobs listed. A "majority" is at least half. A "vast majority" is more like 75%.

Someone, probably you, made the claim that "The vast majority of employed women work in offices." Despite evidence that you are not correct, from a website you posted, you are stuck on being wrong. Why is it important for you to believe that "the vast majority of women work in office"?

Here's another source, that characterizes occupation a bit differently: "Women accounted for 51.8 percent of all workers employed in management, professional, and related occupations in 2019, somewhat more than their share of total employment (47.0 percent). The share of women in specific occupations within this large category varied." Note that teachers, I think, are in that "professional" category so that category doesn't mean "office" necessarily. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2020/home.htm#:~:text=9A%20and%209B.)-,Occupation%20and%20industry,within%20this%20large%20category%20varied.

The point here, though, is that regardless of job, women (particularly poorer women, who can ALSO BE office workers) have been struggling with finding and affording child care. This is a pot of money that might help.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2022 13:51     Subject: D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

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Anonymous wrote:Are they so out of touch that they think child care is what is stopping people from wanting to return to the office?

And they think these people will want to commute back to the office with their kids on Metro?



I don't think you are the demographic these services are intended for.


+1


+1

Sit down, office worker.

The vast majority of employed women work in offices.


Not really, though. Biggest types of jobs are teachers and health care.

Over 70% of office workers are women.


Which is different than saying "the vast majority of employed women work in office."

The denominators are different, if you are missing that.

I think it's like half of office workers are women.

And yet, the vast majority of women work in office roles.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/occupations/most-common-occupations-women-labor-force


Pretty sure that's not what that table shows.


Yeah, of those top 10 occupations, "office work" accounts for about a third of the jobs.

Pretty sure that you are not capable of doing math.


God, I hate DCUM.

Ugh, because I'm going to take the bait:
total jobs listed there: about 21M

Office worker jobs in that list:
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive
Managers, all other
Accountants and auditors
Receptionists and information clerks
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
Office clerks, general
Financial managers
First-Line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Those amount to about 7.7M.

7.7/21 = about 36%

This is an odd point to argue and also to lie about.

Several office jobs you missed included: social workers and human resource workers.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2022 08:29     Subject: D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are they so out of touch that they think child care is what is stopping people from wanting to return to the office?

And they think these people will want to commute back to the office with their kids on Metro?



I don't think you are the demographic these services are intended for.


+1


+1

Sit down, office worker.

The vast majority of employed women work in offices.


Not really, though. Biggest types of jobs are teachers and health care.

Over 70% of office workers are women.


Which is different than saying "the vast majority of employed women work in office."

The denominators are different, if you are missing that.

I think it's like half of office workers are women.

And yet, the vast majority of women work in office roles.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/occupations/most-common-occupations-women-labor-force


Pretty sure that's not what that table shows.


Yeah, of those top 10 occupations, "office work" accounts for about a third of the jobs.

Pretty sure that you are not capable of doing math.


God, I hate DCUM.

Ugh, because I'm going to take the bait:
total jobs listed there: about 21M

Office worker jobs in that list:
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive
Managers, all other
Accountants and auditors
Receptionists and information clerks
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
Office clerks, general
Financial managers
First-Line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Those amount to about 7.7M.

7.7/21 = about 36%
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2022 08:07     Subject: D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

7.9 million in the first year is only enough to fully cover care for 300 kids. Good luck with that lol
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2022 05:11     Subject: D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are they so out of touch that they think child care is what is stopping people from wanting to return to the office?

And they think these people will want to commute back to the office with their kids on Metro?



I don't think you are the demographic these services are intended for.


+1


+1

Sit down, office worker.

The vast majority of employed women work in offices.


Not really, though. Biggest types of jobs are teachers and health care.

Over 70% of office workers are women.


Which is different than saying "the vast majority of employed women work in office."

The denominators are different, if you are missing that.

I think it's like half of office workers are women.

And yet, the vast majority of women work in office roles.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/occupations/most-common-occupations-women-labor-force


Pretty sure that's not what that table shows.


Yeah, of those top 10 occupations, "office work" accounts for about a third of the jobs.

Pretty sure that you are not capable of doing math.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2022 20:56     Subject: Re:D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to the Mayor for putting the focus on where it should be - hiring more childcare workers.

Urban Sprouts' classrooms are filled with plants and string lights and student art. Soothing videos – of kids dancing and birds chirping and rain falling – are projected on the walls, the overhead lights dimmed. Every day, children enjoy farm-to-table, home-cooked meals in a café-style dining area.

Two of the rooms are dark and empty. Despite concerted efforts, Urban Sprouts has failed to fill the positions needed to staff its infant classrooms.


https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2022/06/09/pandemic-babies-now-toddlers-delayed-development-heres-why/9660318002/


Hiring is brutal these days. With the ECE equity fund, teacher salaries are going up $6 per hour. At my center that takes them past 30/hr with lots of time off, health care, retirement…and very, very few takers. It’s draining work, day in and day out.


Understandable. Little kids aren't the easiest and that was before you had to walk into the door knowing every single one of your charges is unvaccinated with waves of variants every season that you can't account for.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2022 20:54     Subject: Re:D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to the Mayor for putting the focus on where it should be - hiring more childcare workers.

Urban Sprouts' classrooms are filled with plants and string lights and student art. Soothing videos – of kids dancing and birds chirping and rain falling – are projected on the walls, the overhead lights dimmed. Every day, children enjoy farm-to-table, home-cooked meals in a café-style dining area.

Two of the rooms are dark and empty. Despite concerted efforts, Urban Sprouts has failed to fill the positions needed to staff its infant classrooms.


https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2022/06/09/pandemic-babies-now-toddlers-delayed-development-heres-why/9660318002/


Hiring is brutal these days. With the ECE equity fund, teacher salaries are going up $6 per hour. At my center that takes them past 30/hr with lots of time off, health care, retirement…and very, very few takers. It’s draining work, day in and day out.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2022 20:51     Subject: D.C. announces $32 million to open and fully staff childcare centers

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are they so out of touch that they think child care is what is stopping people from wanting to return to the office?

And they think these people will want to commute back to the office with their kids on Metro?



I don't think you are the demographic these services are intended for.


+1


+1

Sit down, office worker.

The vast majority of employed women work in offices.


Not really, though. Biggest types of jobs are teachers and health care.

Over 70% of office workers are women.


Which is different than saying "the vast majority of employed women work in office."

The denominators are different, if you are missing that.

I think it's like half of office workers are women.

And yet, the vast majority of women work in office roles.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/occupations/most-common-occupations-women-labor-force


Pretty sure that's not what that table shows.


Yeah, of those top 10 occupations, "office work" accounts for about a third of the jobs.